The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-25
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At Bal st. Paul you behold one OF
the finest views, not only on the st.
Lawrence, along its whole length,
from Niagara to Anticosti, but on
any river in the world. Ii Is com
pletely beautiful; q perfect picture
In foreground, objective, center and
perspective. You come upon IL as
you sail downward, suddenly. l.
bursts upon you on the instant, as IL
great wall had swung open at a
touch, aud q long, wide and high
splepdor revealed beyond. From the
Isle d Orleans you have been sail
inr, mile upon mile, with Cape
Tourmonte on your port hand, and
on the starboard, thirty miles away
in the distance, the low, south shore;
nigh you . mighty rampant Of rock
and the steep slope ofmountains, No
green fields, nor house, nor fisher
cot, not even . patch OF sand, under
the vast walls as long as the beam OF
your yacht, but all mountainous; .
stretch Of twenty miles OF forest
scanned, here aud there, with gloom.
Ter ravincs and darker gorges, while
at their base the waves roll dArkly
with Q sullen roar. All this for
LEAGUE on league, when suddenly the
great mountain wall is rent asunder;
the vast, gloomy curtain which has
yelled the inner country from your
eyes 80 long Is drawn apart for full
mile, and 10 . wonderful spectacle Is
revealed. This marvelously perfect
picture, we'll worth . voyage Of q
thousand miles 10 see. is called
rHE BAI ST. PAUL.
Imagine Q river leagues In width,
island studded. To the south
dimly seen coast, softly yelled In O
blue film; TO the north lofty range
Of mountains, whose foundations are
in the waves and whose oreys ara an
along their base line tho sun sets at
2o'clook. Imagine that you sud
denly come 10 an aperture In this
vast mountain wall, dark with spruce
and pine, and gloomy with darker
hrs, through which, as through 4
gloomy portal, such as the valley OF
death makes twixt our earth aud |
heaven. Looking, you zee this: A
bay OF quiet water circled with a
vide ribbon Of yellow sand; beyond
this fields green with cultivated
grasses. with here and there a patch
Of space goldening with ripening
grain, . cluster OF white cottages
lying in this great ampitheater OF
surrounding mountains, closely
tosether, like eggs In an eagles nest;
amid them, q church steeple all
ablsIe with shining metal; above
CLEAN OF roof aud tower. . golden
cross shows Its sacred shape In vel.
low Ere; aud back Of this marvel
ously strange, sweet picture Of shell.
tered, peaceful, pious life and quiet,
rise miles on miles OF mountains
piled mp aud thrown in promiscuous
conjunction as are the Adirondack,
or as they would be if Mount Mary
aad Whitefaco aud companion domes
rose upward from bases only five
miles IRON Champlain's western
beach. And over all these many
mountains, over grouped cottages
and green fields, over beach aud
slimmering bay, poured far aud wide
and warmly the August sun-and
you see this Bal 81. Paul, as | saw IL
when IL FIRST Unexpectedly burst up.
on my astonished aud delighted eyes.
In front Of this bit OF sheltered
and protected peace aud spleudor,
n the surges oil death roll past, aud
abreast Of the golden shore, Is the
old time maelstrom, now only q
hercc and monstrous eddy. Here
have been great ships lost, and RATS
aud fisher skias numberless have
been drawn within It's ghastly rim,
aud towards its deadly center. Oh,
the horror OF such q DEATH The
chill Of the cold, icy water-ior these
waters ave never warm-the vast
ness q the circles the poor wretch
must take, ms he Is spun around the
outline OF the mons,rous spiral See,
he Ia un the very edge. How near
safety vi Why, he IL only single
yard sithinthe loan that marks with
the iroth OF death the dreadful rim
Why don't he make one more effort,
one mighty plunge for liie2 Eaorti
Effort Is vain. lie Is 10 the grasp
OF IN irresistible power. Ho il a. q
chip. Once within that white line
and all the vigor Of mortal man Is a.
nothing. The maelstrom has him and
on iis outer verge he is borne on
ward and around, shriekiug, cufslng
praying, ~ he sails along, ever near,
Ing, but tlowly-my God, how slow.
bl-the awful centerl the center
which Is A. q mouth yards 10 width,
mouth ever open, ever filed Will
warnings aud bellovings; which
yomits and iroths and drinks, and Il
never shut; iuto which ships plunge
and boats and men drop as Into
cavern aud are seen no more. Such
msslsrom was this now eddy il
the Bal st. Paul. whose old time hor
rorssull live 10 fishers song aud Ere
side Legend, and folk lore here, bu
which IL now shorn OF its ancieu
and fearful power, thank God, anC
can eat boats aud men no more. Sill
IL isa grewsome spot 70 anchor at Il
one knows OF IL as IL was when deatl
In nhastlielt shape sat at il center
and the old time folks, as did On,
red men before them, believed IL wa,
opa II the veritable mouths oi hell
The lrlo de Coudres. 10 Jacque,
Cartier named It, because Of tue mal,